Supporting-hook.



E. L. COSNER.

SUPPORTING HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2. I916.

Patented May 8, 1917.

KRIS nmns w .l-mmunuav WASHING EDDIE L. COSNER, OF ROANOKE, WEST VIRGINIA.

SUPPORTING-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1917.

Application filed November 2, 1916. Serial No. 129,158.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDDIE L. CosNnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roanoke, in the county of Lewis, State of lVest Virginia, have invented a new and useful Supporting-Hook; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved supporting hook, and an object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind having improved features of construction.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a hook, whereby various articles, such as meat, cooking utensils, saddles and the like, and many other articles may be suspended, but, the supporting hook is especially adapted as a meat hook.

One of the features of the invention is to provide a hook constructed from a single length, of heavy but spring wire material having an eye at its upper end to receive a fastener to secure the hook to a stationary support, and bent outwardly and downwardly and formed into a loop to be secured to said stationary support, thereby forming two loops or means to receive various articles, such as straps and the like. Another feature of the invention is the provision of a hook beyond the second loop, on which different articles may be suspended, particularly meats, when the hook is used in butcher shops, and saddles or harness and the like when the hook is used in saddle shops. A further feature of the invention. is to provide said hook beyond the second loop yieldable, and where a part of said hook crosses the downwardly extending part of the first loop, different articles may be clamped between an arch of the hook and said downwardly extending portion of the first loop.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of one form of hook.

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of another form of hook.

Referring more especially to the drawings 1 designates a hook as a whole, and which consists of a heavy piece of spring wire terminating at its upper end in an eye 2 to receive a fastener 3, the outer end 1 of which terminates in a pair of claws 5, one engaging on each side of the portion 6 of the wire of the hook, thereby preventing the hook from turning in case the other fastener 7 is not employed. By this fastener 3 the hook may be secured to a stationary support. The portion 6 of the hook bends at 8 into an outwardly and downwardly inclined portion 9, which curves or merges at 10 into a downwardly and inwardly inclined portion 11, thereby forming a loop 12 through which and adjacent a stationary support various articles may be arranged to be supported. The part 11 merges into a loop 13, which has a straight portion 14, which is engaged by the bent over end or hook 15 of the fastener 7, which extends into a suitable stationary support, to additionally fasten the hook rigidly in position. This loop 13 may receive and support therein, different articles such as straps and the like. The straight portion 14 of the loop 13 merges or bends at 16 into an outwardly and downwardly inclined part 17, which curves or merges at 18 into an upwardly disposed hook 19. The portion 17 of the hook is yieldable, and between this portion 17 and the part 11 of the loop 12, where the portion 17 crosses the part 11, different articles may be clamped, such as straps and the like. The hook 19 serves excellently to support meats as well as harness and saddles and the like. It is to be noted that hooks similar in general construction, either as shown in Figs. 1 or 2, may be arranged in alinement horizontally, so that tool handles and the like may be passed through the loops 12, or through the loops 13. In Fig. 2 it is to be noted that the portion 17 is provided with an arch part 20, where the part 17 crosses the part 11, to arch over the part 11., so that different ar ticles, such as straps and the like may be clamped between the arch 20 and the portion 11 more securely.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A supporting hook constructed from a single length of yieldable or spring wire material, said hook having an eye at its upper end and having a portion extending downwardly merging into an outwardly and downwardly inclined part, which in turn curves or merges into a downwardly and inwardly inclined part, thereby forming a loop, said downwardly and inwardly inclined part merging into a loop having a straight portion, which is engaged by a hook of a fastener to secure the second loop to a stationary support, said straight portion of the second loop merging or bending into an outwardly and downwardly inclined part, the terminus of which terminates into an upwardly projecting hook, said eye designed to receive a fastener to secure the upper part of the hook to a stationary support.

2.1K supporting hook constructed from a single length of yieldable or spring wire material, said hook at its upper end having an eye to receive a fastener to secure the upper part of the hook to a. stationary support, said hook having a portion extending downwardly merging into an outwardly and downwardly inclined part, which in turn Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing curves or merges into a downwardly and inwardly inclined part, thereby "forming a loop, said downwardly and inwardly inclined part merging into a loop having a straight portion, which is engaged by a hook of a fastener to secure the second loop to a stationary support, said straight portion of the second loop merging or bending into an outwardly and downwardly inclined part, the terminus of which terminates into an upwardly projecting hook, said. second outwardly and downwardly extending portion being yieldable and provided with an arch arching over the downwardly and inwardly inclined portion, to clamp articles therehetween. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDDIE L. COSNER. lVitnesses ALoNzo CosNnR, D. B. HALL.

the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

